Always love reading letters to the editor ‘defending’ politicians. There are so many other great people in our community doing great things, I think it is waste of editorial space with these type of letters, especially when they are full of holes, which is ironic, because the purpose of this guy’s letter was to point out the inaccuracies of another letter;
Other degrading and untrue statements were as follows, “Kermit Staggers needs to help keep expenses down and establish morality and honesty.â€
As long as I have known Kermit he has been a fiscal conservative who believes in integrity and transparency, I don’t think he has ever hid that from the public.
But this line takes the cake;
A great many cities in the USA are bankrupt, but not Sioux Falls. I have heard that not only are we out of debt, but have a surplus of funds.
While it is true we have a surplus fund that is required by our charter for emergencies (I believe it is around $35 million) the city debt is actually hovering at around $400,000,000.00. Not sure who told you we were debt free, but it sounds like something you would have heard from a politician at a meet and greet.
In the following years, history will show that our Mayor Mike was one of the best liked and most progressive mayors in Sioux Falls history.
I hope you are right. I also heard that Bill Janklow didn’t have to resign from Congress in disgrace, Richard Benda killed himself using a branch, and Mike Rounds had no ties to EB-5.
A fairy tale story once in awhile helps. Let’s not give Mike Huether any credit. He gives himself plenty. To much to often.